<p>Today's voicemail is taken from p.225 of Claire Hollingworth's article in 'World Today'.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Iraqi and Kurdish saga continues! I begin with a quick recap of last episode's story and we get right into Barzani's return to Iraq, how the Kurdish Democratic Party and Iraqi Communist Party continued to affect Kurdish-Arab dynamics, and the different approaches Karim Qasim took to navigate the drama of Iraq's ever changing political scene.</p> <p>We end by talking about Qasim's depressing downfall, the tentative position the Kurds find themselves in when the 'Arif brothers carry out the Ramadan Revolution in 1963, ushering in a new phase of Iraqi politics. The Kurdish-Iraqi war continues...</p> <p>As ever, let me know what you think of the episode!&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>References:</strong></em></p> <p>Rubin, Avshalom H. "Abd al-Karim Qasim and the kurds of Iraq: Centralization, resistance and revolt, 1958–63." <em>Middle Eastern Studies</em> 43.3 (2007): 353-382.</p> <p>Hollingworth, Clare. "The Ba'athist revolution in Iraq." <em>The World Today</em> 19.5 (1963): 225-230.</p> <p>Degli Esposti, Nicola. "Land reform and Kurdish nationalism in postcolonial Iraq." <em>Middle East Critique</em> (2022): 1-17.</p>